General construction

The purpose of this module is to present students with: main elements and systems of buildings construction; principles of loads combinations; construction of selected elements of buildings; principles of preparation of engineering drawings of buildings built from bricks.

L: Traditional building engineering. Classification of buildings. Elements of buildings and building structures. Spatial rigidity of buildings. Expansion joints. Technical specifications for buildings and their location according to Polish building law. Excavations. Foundations. Building walls in traditional technology. Chimney walls. Ceilings. Staircases. Steep and flat roofs. Roofings. Windows and doors. Insulations. Finishing elements.

C: Load combinations, calculation of loads. Simplified calculations of selected building elements.

P: Specification and technical drawings of a building buit from bricks

1. Rozporządzenia Ministra Infrastruktury z dnia 12 kwietnia 2002 r. w sprawie warunków technicznych, jakim powinny odpowiadać budynki i ich usytuowanie, (Dz. U. Nr 75, poz. 690), z późniejszymi zmianami.

2. Allen E., Iano J.: Fundamentals of building construction: materials and methods. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons, 2004

3. Eurocodes: EC0, EC1, EC5

Student (graduate) has a basic knowledge regarding designing and construction of selected objects

Student (graduate) knows standard rules, regulations and building codes

Student (graduate) recognizes and classifies different construction objects

Student (graduate) determines and combines loads acting on elements of construction objects

Student (graduate) selects and applies construction materials in designed objects

Student (graduate) prepares specification and technical drawings of simple construction objects

Student (graduate) uses Internet and other data bases

Lecture - written evaluation (four to five open questions)

Grade score:

3,0 - 51-60%

3,5 - 61-70%

4,0 - 71-80%

4,5 - 81-90%

5,0 - 91-100%

Project:

- Written evaluation No. 1 and No. 2

- Preparation and timely delivery of the project.

Final grade: weighted mean value of the grades obtained from two written evaluations and for the completed project. All partial grades have to be positive - minimum 3.0 (E).

Classes:

- Written evaluation

- Preparation and timely delivery of the exercise (calculations of loads, calculation of selected structural elements of the building, which is designed during project classes).

Final grade: weighted mean value of the grades obtained from the written evaluations and for the completed calculations. All partial grades have to be positive - minimum 3.0 (E).

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